Wire hat and coat hook



(No Model.)

F. TAYLOR.

WIRE HAT AND GOAT HOOK.

i No. 336,960. Patented Mar. 2, 1-886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK TAYLOR, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

WIRE HAT AND COAT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,960, dated March 2,1886.

Application filed April 18, 1884. Renewed January 27, 1886. Serial No.189,996. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WireGoat and Hat Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire coat and hat hooks; and it consists in thehook hereinafter claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, the figure is an isometric view of myinvention.

A is a hook formed of a single wire, W, doubled sidewise upon itself atthe top of the hook. the strands to 10 thus formed beingcnrved, asshown, to form ahat-hook, a, and running nearly or quite parallel witheach other from a slight distance below the top of the hook to a littlebelow the middle of said hook. The wire W is also doubled sidewise inthe opposite direction upon itself at the bottom of the hook, thestrands 1010 being curved, as shown, to form a coat-hook, afand runningnearly or quite parallel with each other from a slight distance from thefree end of the hook. The free ends of the hooks a a are preferablyslightly spread, to prevent their piercing or marking clothes or otherarticles suspended The ends to w of the wire W are then bent backward atright angles to the part of the hook, by which similar hooks are usuallyfastened to a vertical wall 'are pointed, that they may be driven intosuch wall, and

may be nicked to give them abetter hold. Of 5 course this will bring oneof the points at one side of the hook, and the other point at the otherside of the hook. Therefore to improve the appearance of the hook Iplace the point which proceeds from the upper hook a little higher thanthe other point,and make a double bend or offset in the long strand,which has the effect of bringing the lower short strand in line with thepart of the long strand which lies above the offset,and the upper shortstrand in line with the part of the long strand which comes below theoffset.

I claim as my invention- A hook formed of a single wire twice doubledupon itself sidewise in opposite directions, and curved to form ahat-hook and a coat hook, and having its main or longeststrand offset,as herein described, and having the ends of said wire bent intoattaching-points, where said main strand is offset, as and for thepurpose specified.

FREDERICK TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

EDW. W. THOMPSON, ALBERT M. MOORE.

